gwern comments on Rationality Quotes January 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 02 February 2015 05:22:13PM * 2 points [-]

It's based on a Harvet Ismuth play. You know he used to say when you anthropomorphize objects - you unanthropomorphize people. Makes you think.

--"Fabulous Prizes", Dresden Codak

Comment author: sediment 05 February 2015 06:04:19PM * 1 point [-]

And, while we're on the subject, here's a classic:

Let me see if I understand your thesis. You think we shouldn't anthropomorphize people?

-- Sidney Morgenbesser to B. F. Skinner

(via Eliezer, natch.)